WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Roosevelt
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Truman
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Eisenhower
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -As president, it was Harry Truman’s decision if the weapon would be used with the goal to end the war. “It is an awful responsibility that has come to us, ” the president wrote.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although the war in Europe ended in May 1945, Stimson advised Truman that the bomb might be useful in intimidating Soviet leader Joseph Stalin into curtailing post-war communist expansion into Eastern Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Truman stated that his decision to drop the bomb was purely military. A Normandy-type amphibious landing would have cost an estimated million casualties. Truman believed that the bombs saved Japanese lives as well. Prolonging the war was not an option for the President.
Detailed explanation-4: -After Japanese leaders flatly rejected the Potsdam Declaration, President Truman authorized use of the atomic bomb anytime after August 3, 1945. On the clear morning of August 6, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on the city of Hiroshima.